If we won the war a month ago…

[Nordberg]

Trump's U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz says bombing every bridge and power plant in Iran wouldn't be a war crime​

He is incorrect.

Deliberately bombing civilian infrastructure like bridges and power plants is a war crime under international humanitarian law.

• Laws governing this include the laws of armed conflict (international humanitarian law), principally the Hague Conventions and the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols.
• Even if a target is a military objective, an attack is unlawful if the expected incidental civilian harm (death, injury, damage to civilian objects) would be excessive compared to the anticipated concrete and direct military advantage.
• Perfidy and indiscriminate attacks: Deliberate or indiscriminate attacks that cannot be directed at a specific military objective are prohibited.
• Serious violations: Grave breaches or serious violations (e.g., intentionally directing attacks against civilians) can amount to war crimes and give rise to individual criminal responsibility (prosecution by national courts, international tribunals, or the ICC where jurisdiction exists).
• If the campaign intentionally targets civilian infrastructure with no clear, concrete military necessity and causes widespread civilian harm (blackouts, harm to hospitals/water/sanitation), it would violate distinction and proportionality and therefore constitute war crimes.
• Attacking protected objects, causing starvation of civilians by depriving them of essentials and state/command responsibility for planning or ordering such attacks render Trump and his soldiers liable to prosecution.

They have 477 power plants and thousands of bridges. Maybe that is why Trump wanted the nuclear codes.

 

[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]

They have 477 power plants and thousands of bridges. Maybe that is why Trump wanted the nuclear codes.

Due to our wartime footing, there is no single, officially aggregated public figure for the exact total number of distinct power generating facilities (power plants/stations) available outside Iran. Neither are we prepared to publicize any detail of our infrastructure.

I am sure you must understand why.